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Senators Seek Answers About Yahoo's Massive Data Breach

Led by Senator Patrick Leahy, several senators sent a letter to Yahoo’s CEO, Marissa Mayer, seeking answers about the massive data breach that compromised the sensitive data of 500 million accounts. The Senators were troubled by the delay in breach notification, stating “We are even more disturbed that user information was first compromised in 2014, yet the company only announced the breach last week.” EPIC testified in support of strong data breach notification laws in 2009 and 2011 and urged Congress to ensure that users are “notified promptly” when personal information is wrongfully disclosed. EPIC launched “Data Protection 2016” to make privacy a campaign issue and recently filed an amicus brief to protect the ability of consumer to sue companies that fail to protect their personal information.

September 27, 2016| Share: